WO2022023119A1 - TRINKVORRICHTUNG UND TRINKGEFÄß - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a drinking device and a drinking vessel with such a drinking device.
- WO 2019/016096 A1 discloses a drinking device for retronasal intake of a flavoring substance with an aroma container through which air can flow, which supplies flavored air to a transport channel for drinking liquid. In this way, the flavoring substance is absorbed retronasally.
- the flavoring substance gets into the mouth of the user together with the drinking liquid and then rises retronasally via the pharynx to the olfactory mucosa, where it is detected by the receptors located there and perceived by the user.
- This takes advantage of the fact that there is a close connection between the sense of smell and the sense of taste. The user therefore gets the impression of tasting the aroma, when in fact he only smells it retronasally.
- the invention is based on the object of proposing a drinking device for adding an aromatic substance, which is space-saving and can be used in a variety of ways.
- the drinking device consists of a drinking straw and an aroma container.
- the drinking straw has an internal flow channel and a drinking end.
- the aroma container for releasing an aroma substance to an air stream flowing out of the aroma container is connected to the drinking straw in a fixed, movable or detachable manner.
- the aroma container includes at least one air outlet opening, either is in flow communication with at least one aroma entry opening into the inner flow channel of the drinking straw, or is in flow communication with an aroma channel that extends to the drinking end of the drinking straw.
- the aroma container is adapted to be coupled to the drinking straw in such a way that when a negative pressure is applied to the drinking end of the drinking straw or when a negative pressure is applied to a mouthpiece arranged at the drinking end of the drinking straw, the air flow exits the aroma container through the at least one air outlet opening.
- the aroma container includes an aroma chamber, in which there is a carrier substance for an aroma substance.
- the carrier substance preferably has a specific flow resistance of less than 500 Pa ⁇ s/m, more preferably less than 400 Pa ⁇ s/m and most preferably about 380 Pa ⁇ s/m.
- the drinking device can thus be configured in different ways.
- the aroma container can be arranged on the drinking straw in such a way that the aromatized air flow emerging from the at least one air outlet opening of the aroma container enters the inner flow channel of the drinking straw through at least one aroma inlet opening and the user either directly at the drinking end of the drinking straw or via an additional one attached to the drinking end Mouthpiece can absorb the drinking liquid mixed with the flavored air stream.
- a user can take in the drinking liquid through the inner flow channel of the drinking straw and the flavored air flow via an aroma channel provided separately from the inner flow channel.
- the The aroma channel can be provided separately from the inner flow channel on the drinking straw, or it can be connected to the aroma container.
- the drinking straw can be a conventional drinking straw that does not have to have an aroma inlet opening into the inner flow channel.
- the aroma container and a mouthpiece arranged at the drinking end of the drinking straw are designed together.
- the flavored air flow neither runs in the inner flow channel of the drinking straw nor parallel to it, but is only fed into the drinking liquid downstream in the area of the mouthpiece or runs parallel to the flow space for drinking liquid in the mouthpiece.
- the aroma container comprises an aroma chamber, in which there is a carrier substance for the aroma substance, which is released into the air when air flows through the aroma container.
- the carrier substance preferably has a specific flow resistance of less than 500 Pa ⁇ s/m, particularly preferably less than 400 Pa ⁇ s/m and most preferably about 380 Pa ⁇ s/m.
- specific flow resistance the ratio of the pressure difference in front of and behind a layer of material to the speed of the air flowing through is referred to as specific flow resistance.
- the flow resistance is measured according to DIN EN ISO 9053-1 on a test piece of the carrier material.
- the air flow rate is determined as a function of the pressure difference across the test specimen.
- the preferred flow resistance has proven to be particularly suitable for ensuring good flow through the carrier substance in the aroma chamber of the aroma container, but also for good enrichment of the air flow flowing through the aroma container and improved aroma development when using the aroma container with a drinking straw enable.
- the flavored air flow is not released into the surrounding air in order to have an orthonasal effect on a user, but is taken in orally by the user when drinking, so that the flavored air is perceived retronasally and the sensory impression of a taste perception of the drinking liquid can arise.
- the aroma container can be moved relative to the drinking straw, preferably in a longitudinal direction of the drinking straw, between an activated position and a non-activated position, with the at least one air outlet opening being in flow connection with the at least one aroma inlet opening and the aroma channel only in the activated position stands.
- Moving the aroma canister between the non-activated position and the activated position extends the life of the aroma canister because it will not inadvertently emit when not in use.
- the movement of the aroma container between the non-activated position and the activated position can be carried out by the user himself, so that the drinking device according to the invention can also be used to receive non-flavoured drinking liquid.
- the movement of the aroma container which preferably takes place in a longitudinal direction of the drinking straw, creates or interrupts a flow connection between the air outlet opening of the aroma container and the aroma inlet opening of the drinking straw or an inlet opening in the aroma channel of the drinking straw.
- the flavor container includes the mouthpiece.
- the aroma container is at the drinking end of the drinking straw attached and includes the mouthpiece for the user, who in this way can drink liquid mixed with a flavored stream of air, or with the help of two separate transport channels ending at the mouth end of the mouthpiece, can simultaneously take pure drink liquid and flavored air orally.
- an aroma container with a mouthpiece has the advantage that when the aroma container is replaced, a user can easily and intuitively reassemble the drinking device correctly. If separate flow channels are provided for the drinking liquid and the flavored air flow, it is also possible to use a conventional drinking straw in the drinking device.
- the drinking straw has the aroma channel, which is provided separately from the flow channel and ends at the drinking end of the drinking straw.
- the aroma container can also include the aroma channel.
- the drinking device further comprises a sealing element which extends around the drinking straw and is suitable for being placed on drinking vessels with different diameters.
- the design of the drinking device with a sealing element makes it particularly suitable for being transported without the drinking liquid in the drinking vessel being able to spill out.
- the provision of a sealing element that is suitable for being placed on drinking vessels with different diameters increases the variability of the drinking device because the user can use it with different drinking vessels.
- the sealing element it has proven to be a particularly suitable configuration to design the sealing element in such a way that it is a continuously conical or stepped conical, rotationally symmetrical element.
- the sealing element can be placed on the drinking vessel in a sealing manner, regardless of the opening diameter at the upper end of the drinking vessel, as long as the drinking vessel has a round opening and the diameter of the round opening is in the range of the diameter of the rotationally symmetrical element of the sealing element.
- a continuously conical element can be on any continuously conical element.
- Opening diameter are placed, while in the case of a stepped conical element rests an annular step in the region of the stepped conical element on the top of the drinking vessel.
- the sealing element can be an elastic sealing grommet.
- Such sealing grommets for example made of a silicone material, are known for sealing vessels of different sizes tightly.
- the elastic sealing grommet is stretched over the upper edge of the drinking vessel and rests elastically in the area of the upper edge on the side wall or the side walls of the drinking vessel.
- a drinking vessel with other cross-sectional shapes for example a square one, can also be used Cross-sectional shape are closed in the same way at the top.
- the drinking straw can be divided in the longitudinal direction.
- This design has the advantage that the drinking straw can be easily cleaned by dividing it into two channel-shaped sections that can be cleaned separately, e.g. under running water.
- the drinking straw has a film hinge running in the longitudinal direction and can be folded open in the longitudinal direction. This measure also serves to simplify the cleaning of the drinking straw in that it can be opened up, making the inner walls of the drinking straw easily accessible.
- the drinking straw preferably has a plurality of predetermined kinks.
- a drinking straw with a standardized length can be used independently of the geometry of a drinking vessel.
- a further advantage is that the drinking device according to the invention can be transported more safely, since unintentional pressure on the drinking straw, for example in a bag during transport, does not damage the drinking straw because the drinking straw can evade a force through the kinks or can adapt to a non-flat contact surface.
- the drinking straw with predetermined kinks can be transported in a particularly space-saving manner.
- the drinking straw it is also possible to design the drinking straw to be elastically deformable. There are thus no target kinks provided at defined positions, but overall there is sufficient elastic deformability of the drinking straw, so that the risk of unintentional damage, for example kinking of the drinking straw, can be avoided as far as possible.
- the drinking device according to the invention also has a weight that is provided at the end of the drinking straw opposite the person drinking in the longitudinal direction, which has a bearing surface for placing on the inner bottom of a drinking vessel.
- Providing a weight has the advantage that the drinking straw is always held at the bottom of the drinking vessel. In the case of a rigid drinking straw, it is also possible in this way to prevent the drinking device from tipping over in the drinking vessel.
- the drinking straw comprises a receiving device for the aroma container, into which the aroma container can be inserted.
- an adapter is already provided on the drinking straw, into which the aroma container can be inserted.
- the aroma container can be activated by exposing the air outlet opening only when it is placed in the receiving device, and on the other hand, the geometry of the receiving device and the complementary geometry of the aroma container can also ensure that the aroma container is in the correct functional arrangement relatively connected to the drinking straw.
- the drinking straw preferably comprises a first longitudinal section and a second longitudinal section, with the aroma container being attachable between the first longitudinal section and the second longitudinal section of the drinking straw.
- the aroma container thus represents a coupling element between the first longitudinal section and the second longitudinal section of the drinking straw. This design is easy for a user to understand, so that a user can exchange of the aroma container can be exchanged in a very simple manner after its exhaustion or if a different flavor is desired.
- the coupling geometry between the drinking straw and the aroma container can also be used to activate the aroma container.
- the aroma container in such a way that the receptacle for the drinking straw is designed conically, so that drinking straws with different outer diameters can be used together with an aroma container.
- the aroma container is attached to the drinking straw, preferably clipped, the aroma container being a
- Penetration element includes, which is suitable for penetrating the drinking straw when attaching the aroma container on a drinking straw and to produce the aroma inlet opening.
- the aroma container can be used with a conventional drinking straw, since the drinking straw does not have to have a prefabricated aroma inlet opening before the aroma container is attached.
- a further advantage is that due to the production of the aroma inlet opening when attaching the aroma container, no exact positioning of the aroma container is required.
- the penetrating element has the additional function of fixing the position of the aroma container on the drinking straw.
- the inner flow channel of the drinking straw preferably has a cross-sectional reduction in some areas in the area of the aroma inlet opening.
- a reduction in cross-section in the flow channel of the drinking straw creates a venturi effect.
- the dynamic pressure ie the dynamic pressure
- the hydrostatic pressure is at its minimum.
- the invention further relates to a drinking vessel, comprising a base and at least one side wall, which extends upwards from the base and delimits a volume for receiving drinking liquid, and a drinking device according to the invention.
- the drinking vessel is preferably designed in such a way that the drinking straw of the drinking device is firmly connected to a side wall of the drinking vessel, with the side wall of the drinking vessel preferably delimiting the inner flow channel directly.
- the drinking device according to the invention can be firmly integrated into a drinking vessel.
- the aroma chamber can also have at least one air inlet opening in addition to the at least one air outlet opening. This design is only avoided if the aroma container is immersed in the drinking liquid when the drinking device is used as intended in a drinking vessel. However, if the aroma container is in the region of the drinking end of the drinking device, or if the aroma container is provided with a mouthpiece, an air inlet opening enables easier flow through the aroma container and better enrichment of the air flow with aroma substance.
- the pressure is equalized by ambient air flowing back into the aroma container through the air outlet opening as soon as the Air outlet opening is not blocked by surrounding liquid.
- the aroma container is arranged on the drinking straw in such a way that it is located within the drinking liquid in a drinking vessel, the drinking straw is also filled with drinking liquid at least up to the height of the liquid in the drinking vessel. In this way, the air outlet opening of the aroma container can be closed, since no flavored air can escape and at the same time through the small opening dimensions
- Air outlet opening and the associated capillary effect no liquid penetrates into the interior of the aroma container.
- the drinking device can remain in the drinking vessel filled with liquid during use without an undesired loss of flavoring substance, because flavored air only emerges from the air outlet opening of the flavoring container during drinking.
- the carrier substance there is preferably also a head space between the carrier substance and a wall of the aroma container closing off the aroma chamber in the aroma chamber.
- the provision of a head space improves the mixing of the flavored air in the flavor container.
- the aroma substance can consist of numerous chemical compounds, the mass transfer behavior of which differs from the carrier substance into the head space of the aroma container. Different transport speeds of different chemical substances can occur here, and different aromatization compositions can also be present within the aroma chamber, which can be homogenized within the headspace.
- a fleece material is preferably provided as the carrier substance, which has a high air permeability, which should not be below 2001/(m ⁇ -s). At the same time, the air permeability of the fleece material should not be higher than 5001/(m ⁇ -s) at 100 Pa differential pressure. If the air permeability is too high, the There is a risk that preferred flow paths will form within the fleece material, so that the air flow exiting the aroma container would already have an insufficient degree of aromatization long before the aroma substance is actually exhausted.
- the most suitable geometry of the carrier substance as well as the size of the headspace can also differ depending on the individual flavoring substances. Different flavoring substances have a different chemical structure that influences their behavior in terms of mass transfer and flow properties, so that a separate optimization process can be carried out for each individual flavor in order to lead to an optimal taste experience.
- the thickness of the carrier substance in relation to the height of the aroma chamber is at least 50% and preferably at least 80% of the height between a bottom wall of the aroma container and a top wall.
- the aroma container preferably has an essentially ring-shaped geometry, so that the aroma container can be arranged around the drinking straw, resulting in a weight distribution that the user finds particularly pleasant.
- the geometry of the aroma container can deviate from an exact circular shape in order to interact with a complementary shaped drinking straw in such a way that only a single radial orientation of the aroma container relative to the drinking straw is possible, whereby the exact radial position of the aroma container relative to the drinking straw can be defined .
- 3a shows a possible design of the receptacle for the drinking straw in the aroma container in an exploded view and a partial section;
- Figures 4a and 4b show an exploded view and an assembled view of a further embodiment of a drinking device according to the invention
- 5a and 5b show a further embodiment of the drinking device according to the invention in an exploded view and in the assembled state;
- Fig. 5c shows a sectional view of the drinking device according to Fig. 5b;
- FIG. 6 and 6a show a further embodiment of the drinking device according to the invention and a detailed view
- 7a and 7b show an external view and a sectional view of a further embodiment of the drinking device according to the invention
- 8 and 8a an external view and a sectional view along the sectional plane AA of a further embodiment of the drinking device according to the invention
- FIG. 9a and 9b show a further embodiment of the drinking device according to the invention and a drinking vessel;
- 10a and 10b show a further embodiment of the drinking device according to the invention and of a drinking vessel;
- 11a, 11b and 11c a further embodiment of the drinking device according to the invention and of a drinking vessel;
- 12a, 12b and 12c show a possible design of the drinking straw in two different configurations and a sectional view
- FIG. 13a and 13b show a further embodiment of the drinking device according to the invention and of the drinking vessel;
- 14a and 14b show a further embodiment of the drinking device according to the invention and of the drinking vessel;
- FIG. 15a Drinking straw in the closed state (FIG. 15a), partially open state (FIG. 15b) and in a detailed view (FIG. 15c);
- FIG. 16a Drinking straw in the closed state (FIG. 16a), partially open state (FIG. 16b) and in a detailed view (FIG. 16c);
- FIG. 17 shows a further possible embodiment of the drinking device according to the invention in a drinking vessel.
- FIG. 18 shows a drinking vessel with an integrated drinking device.
- the drinking device 10 consists of a drinking straw 12, an aroma container 20 and an optional mouthpiece 14, which can also be present in the following embodiments, wherever this makes sense.
- the mouthpiece 14 defines the end of the drink for the user.
- the drinking straw 12 is immersed in a drinking liquid in a conventional manner and sucked by sucking on the mouthpiece 14 through an internal flow channel up through the drinking straw 12 towards and through the mouthpiece 14 .
- the drinking device also includes an aroma container 20 which, as will be described later with reference to FIG. 5c, includes an aroma chamber in which there is a carrier substance for an aroma substance or a mixture of different aroma substances.
- the aroma container 20 emits air flavored with the aroma substance, which, as will be explained below with reference to some examples, is either introduced into the inner flow channel of the drinking straw 12 or conveyed in a separate aroma channel in the direction of the mouthpiece 14.
- the flavored air can either flow back into the flow channel for liquid or be guided in a separate flow channel up to the mouth end 28 of the mouthpiece 14 .
- the mouthpiece 14 is designed in the case of separate flow channels for the drinking liquid and for the flavored air so that both the drinking liquid and the flavored air are taken orally during the drinking process.
- the aroma container is firmly connected to the drinking device 10 and is always in an activated state, in which flavored air can be released from the aroma container.
- the drinking device is designed in such a way that the aroma container 20 can be moved between an activated and a non-activated position.
- the aroma container 20 which in the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS Fig. La and lb is shown, by shifting the drinking straw 12 in the longitudinal direction between the non-activated position shown in FIG. 1a and the activated position shown in FIG. 1b in the longitudinal direction. Only in the activated position is an air outlet opening provided in the aroma container aligned with a
- Aroma inlet opening either in the inner flow channel of the drinking straw 12 or in a separate aroma channel, while the air outlet opening is closed from the aroma container in the non-activated position.
- a stop 16 is fixedly provided on the drinking straw 12 against which the aroma container is displaced when it is brought into the non-activated position.
- a stop 30 is also provided on the mouthpiece, which limits the sliding movement into the activated position. In this way, the user can easily activate the aroma container by moving the aroma container between the two stop positions.
- the possibility of activating the aroma container not only has the advantage of a longer service life, but also offers the possibility of using the drinking device even when it is not activated To use condition, for example, if it is desired to drink pure drinking liquid.
- 3a, 3b and 3c show an alternative embodiment of the drinking device 10, which in the present case consists of an aroma container 20 with an integrated mouthpiece 14 into which a conventional drinking straw 12 can be inserted. It is further preferred if a conical receptacle 22 is provided in the aroma container, which serves to receive the drinking end 18 of the drinking straw 12 . Due to the conical receptacle 22, the aroma container according to FIG. 3a can be used with drinking straws 12a, 12b with different diameters, as shown in FIGS. 3b and 3c.
- a conventional drinking straw 12 can be used since the aromatized air is supplied from the aroma container 20 in the area of the mouthpiece 14 and thus no drinking straw 12 with a defined and specially arranged aroma inlet opening into the inner flow channel of the drinking straw must be used.
- FIGS. 4a and 4b A further alternative embodiment of the drinking device 10 according to the invention is shown in FIGS. 4a and 4b.
- the aroma container 20 is located between sections 12-1 and 12-2 of the drinking straw.
- the embodiment according to FIGS. 4a and 4b is advantageous because the replacement of the aroma container 20 can be carried out very easily and intuitively for a user.
- the aroma container 20 preferably deviates from a circular geometry. Since at least the inner opening of the aroma container does not have a circular geometry, the two sections 12 - 1 and 12 - 2 of the drinking straw, which are each provided with coupling elements 24 , can only be used in a defined orientation relative to the aroma container 20 .
- the two coupling elements 24 can be designed in such a way that they not only extend through the inner opening in the ring-shaped aroma container 20, but can also be plugged into one another in a liquid-tight manner, so that there is a flow-tight connection between the sections 12-1 and 12-2 of the drinking straw Connection results, but at the same time also the correct orientation relative to the aroma container 20 results and the air outlet opening from the Aroma container is aligned relative to an aroma inlet opening in one of the coupling elements 24 exactly.
- the embodiment according to FIGS. 4a and 4b has the advantage that not only can an aroma container 20 be easily exchanged for another aroma container, but the drinking straw can also be cleaned. It is of course also possible in the embodiment according to FIGS. 4a and 4b for the person drinking the drinking straw 12-1 to be coupled to a mouthpiece.
- the aroma container 20 does not extend around the drinking straw 12, but is inserted into a receptacle 26 on the drinking straw 12, as a result of which the drinking device 10 is put into the operating state.
- the aroma container 20 shown in FIG. A is inserted into the receptacle 26 in the direction of the arrow A, resulting in the operational drinking device according to FIG. 5b.
- a suitable complementary shape of the receptacle 26 and the geometry of the aroma container 20 can ensure that the aroma container is positioned exactly in order to be able to release the flavored air.
- Securing the aroma container 20 in the receptacle 26 can be accomplished by clamping, using a suction cup in the receptacle, or any other suitable method.
- the aroma container can be pinned, screwed or fastened with the help of a bayonet catch.
- Other tools can also be used, such as magnets, Velcro or a rubber band.
- FIG. 5c shows a possible configuration of the drinking device 10 according to FIG. 5b.
- the drinking straw 12 has an inner flow channel 32 through which as in a conventional drinking straw, the drinking liquid is sucked in towards the drinking end 18 of the drinking straw 12 by the user.
- the receptacle 26 for the aroma container 20 also has an inner wall 36 in which there is an aroma channel 38 which is in flow connection with the air outlet opening 40 in the aroma container and is also in flow connection with an aroma inlet opening 42 on the drinking straw 12, which opens into the inner flow channel 32 of the drinking straw 12.
- FIG. 5c there is an aroma chamber 44 within the aroma container, in which there is a carrier substance 46 which does not completely fill the aroma chamber 44.
- the carrier substance 46 cannot extend completely around the ring-shaped aroma chamber 44, but can be configured in a U-shape, for example, which facilitates the automated insertion of the carrier substance into the aroma chamber during production of the aroma chamber. Since the carrier substance 46 does not completely fill the aroma chamber 44, an air-filled headspace 48 is formed within the aroma chamber 44, in which the aroma substance consisting of different chemical compounds can mix and homogenize.
- the geometry of the aroma container shown in the sectional view of Fig. 5c is not circular, so that the aroma container can only be used in a defined position relative to the receptacle 26, in which there is a flow connection between the aroma container and the inner flow channel 32 of the drinking straw 12.
- the carrier substance has a flow resistivity of less than 500 Pa-s/m and preferably less than 400 Pa-s/m and most preferably about 380 Pa-s/m to feed a sufficient amount of flavored air into the inner flow channel 32 of the drinking straw 12 during normal use of the drinking straw 12 by the user.
- Aroma channel 38 does not open into the inner flow channel 32 of the drinking straw via an aroma inlet opening, but is guided parallel to this to the drinking end 18 of the drinking straw 12 .
- an aroma duct 38 is provided parallel to the inner flow duct 32, through which the aromatized air is sucked in during the drinking process and is ingested orally.
- FIG. 6a an air inlet opening 50 through which air enters the aroma container 20 is shown in FIG. 6a.
- the air inlet opening 50 is arranged opposite to the air outlet opening 40, so that it is ensured that the air flowing through the aroma container has to cover a sufficient distance before it leaves the aroma container through the air outlet opening 40 sufficiently flavored.
- FIGS. 7a and 7b is essentially the same as that according to FIGS. 6a and 6a.
- the aroma channel 38 is part of the aroma container 20, which is pushed onto the drinking straw 12 until it hits the stop 52 provided on the drinking straw, which ensures that the aroma channel 38 of the aroma container is Drinking end 18 of drinking straw 12 ends.
- this double wall can also be eliminated, as shown in the embodiment according to FIGS. 8 and 8a.
- the aroma container 20 is pushed onto the drinking straw 12 in the embodiment according to FIG. 8 as well.
- the aroma channel 38 is formed between the wall 54 of the drinking straw 12 surrounding the inner flow channel 32 and the wall 56 of the aroma container 20 .
- the aroma container can be made very small and light, which not only leads to a better overall aesthetic impression, but also prevents the drinking straw from falling over in a drinking vessel, or at least makes it more difficult.
- the aroma container or a possible mouthpiece are not shown, since further properties of the drinking device according to the invention are to be shown here. Nevertheless, it should be clear that an aroma container and optionally also a mouthpiece are also provided in all of these configurations.
- the drinking device 10 is shown in a drinking vessel 100 in each case.
- the drinking device 10 has a sealing element 58 which is firmly connected to the drinking straw 12 and, in the embodiment according to FIGS. 9a and 9b, consists of a rotationally symmetrical body which has a plurality of circumferential steps 60.
- the sealing element 58 can be placed tightly on drinking vessels with different opening dimensions, since the stepped sealing element 58 is automatically centered on a drinking opening of the drinking vessel 100.
- the embodiment according to FIGS. 10a and 10b differs from that according to FIGS. 9a and 9b only in that the sealing element 58 has a conical geometry here and can therefore also lie tightly on the drinking opening 60 regardless of the size of the circular drinking opening of the drinking vessel 100 .
- the embodiments according to FIGS. 9a, 9b, 10a and 10b are particularly suitable for drinking vessels with a circular geometry of the drinking opening 60.
- the embodiment shown in FIGS. 11a, 11b and 11c is more variable in this respect and can be used in drinking vessels with circular drinking opening, as well as different geometries of the drinking opening can be used.
- the elastic sealing element 62 is firmly attached to the drinking straw 12 and consists, for example, of elastic latex material, which can be stretched over the drinking opening of differently shaped drinking vessels and seals them tightly at the top. With a corresponding elasticity of the elastic sealing element 62, it can be slipped around the upper edge of the drinking vessel 100 with a correspondingly high elastic tension, so that the liquid cannot spill out of the drinking vessel 100 even with strong movement.
- FIG. 12a, 12b and 12c shows a drinking straw 12 which can be bent, since it has a large number of predetermined bending points 64, preferably at regular intervals.
- predetermined bending points 64 preferably at regular intervals.
- FIGS. 13a and 13b shows a further possible configuration of the drinking straw 12, which does not have defined desired kinks as in the embodiment as shown in Figure 12a, but is flexible and therefore adaptable to any shape.
- the user only has to exert a compressive force on the drinking straw 12 in the direction of the arrow B so that it bends and remains in this position, as is shown in the example in FIG. 13b.
- a weight 66 can be provided on the drinking straw, which can also be present in all other embodiments.
- the weight is provided with a support surface 68 so that the weight rests flat on the base 70 of the drinking device 100 .
- the weight has the function of keeping the drinking straw immersed deep in the liquid in the drinking vessel 100 and can also be used to rigidly hold the end of the drinking straw facing away from the person drinking, so that the drinking straw does not rest against a side wall 72 of the drinking vessel 100 and stands as it were in the drinking vessel.
- FIGS. 14a and 14b The use of a weight 66 with a rigid drinking straw is shown as an example in FIGS. 14a and 14b.
- the rigid drinking straw 12 is held in the drinking vessel without tipping over.
- FIGS. 15a, 15b and 15c A drinking straw 12 which can be divided into two parts 12a and 12b is shown in FIGS. 15a, 15b and 15c.
- the two channel-shaped elements 12a, 12b are plugged into one another via a suitable tongue and groove connection and pushed against one another in the longitudinal direction.
- the divisible drinking straw according to FIGS. 15a to 15c has the advantage that it can be easily cleaned.
- the drinking straw can also have a film hinge 74 and a tongue and groove joint in the longitudinal direction, so that the drinking straw can be folded open and the wall of the drinking straw delimiting the inner flow channel can be easily cleaned.
- a drinking straw 12 which has a tapered area 78 on which the aroma container 20 is located.
- the aroma container 20 is fixed in position in the longitudinal direction of the drinking straw 12 by the tapered area 78 .
- a Venturi effect occurs during the drinking process, in which, as described above, a suction effect occurs in the narrowed area 78, which serves to draw flavored air out of the air outlet opening 40 and through the aroma inlet opening 42 from the aroma container 20 into the inner flow channel 32 of the drinking straw 12 to suck in
- the substantially ring-shaped flavor container surrounding the drinking straw may be hinged via a film hinge to allow it to be fitted around the narrowed portion 78 of the drinking straw 12.
- the narrowed area can only be located in the area of the inner flow channel, while the outer contour is not narrowed there, so that an aroma container with a circular cross-section can be pushed onto the drinking straw in the longitudinal direction of the latter.
- the embodiment according to FIG. 18 differs from that according to FIG. 17 in that the drinking vessel 100 according to the invention is designed in one piece with the drinking device 10 here.
- the inner flow channel 32 is formed between a side wall 72 of the drinking device and the wall 54 of the drinking straw, so that the drinking device 10 is an integral part of the drinking vessel 100 . If the drinking vessel is also sealed tightly with a lid (not shown), the drinking vessel can also be tilted without the drinking liquid running out of the drinking straw.
- FIG. 18 with a one-piece design of drinking straw and drinking vessel is based on the design of the drinking device 10 according to FIG. 17 as an example.
- the drinking device 10 configured integrally with the drinking vessel 100 can also be implemented in many of the foregoing configurations of the drinking device 10 .
- An embodiment not shown in the figures provides an essentially ring-shaped aroma container that can be folded open into two half-shells with the help of a film hinge, which has a pointed, cannula-like area in the area of the air outlet opening and can be closed around a drinking straw, whereby the cannula-like, protruding area penetrates the wall of the drinking straw 12 and establishes the flow connection between the aroma chamber and the inner flow channel of the drinking straw.
- This embodiment has the advantage that the aroma container can be used with commercially available drinking straws, the outside diameter of which is matched.
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